US 2017/0285842 A1 · ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF RECEIVING USER INPUT THEREOF

Abstract

A method of receiving various user inputs and performing corresponding operations and an electronic device adapted to the method are provided. The electronic device includes an accessory, a display including at least one sensor, and at least one processor. The at least one processor measures at least one of a voltage, a current, and a capacitance, created in response to a touch input applied to the accessory, using the at least one sensor. The processor operates in a first input mode if at least one of the measured quantities satisfies a first condition, and in a second input mode if at least one of the measured quantities satisfies a second condition. The electronic device according to various embodiments is capable of controlling an application, based on the levels of pressure applied to the accessory.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

an accessory;
a display including at least one sensor;
and
at least one processor electrically connected to the accessory, and the display,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
measure at least one of the following quantities:
voltage, current, and capacitance, created in response to a touch input applied to the accessory, using the at least one sensor,
determine that at least one of the measured quantities satisfies a specified condition of a plurality of conditions, and
perform a function corresponding to the specified condition.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/432,019Filed 14 Feb 2017

Priority

KR 10-2016-00411694 Apr 2016

Published

5 Oct 2017

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

G06F 3/044
Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means: by capacitive means
G06F 3/0393
Accessories therefor, e.g. mouse pads: accessories for touch pads or touch screens, e.g. mechanical guides added to touch screens for drawing…
G06F 3/0412
Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means: digitisers structurally integrated in a display
G06F 3/0416
Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means: control or interface arrangements specially adapted for…

Electronic device and method of receiving user input thereof

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Electronic device and method of receiving user input thereof

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